Shaffer wins medalist honors, Raiderettes win meet
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Girls golf team members Olivia Huntington, Kamryn Willis, Jaylee Shaffer, Izzy Gilbertson, and Alana Doolittle
For the second time in as many meets, Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer collected medalist honors at a meet.
This time, at the large MoHawk Invitational last Thursday where there were eight teams and 49 individual golfers. Shaffer won the meet with a low score of 76.
As a team, the Raiderettes picked up an impressive victory, beating the second-placed team, Ottumwa, by nine strokes.
The Raiderettes beat larger schools Ottumwa, Centerville, Davis County, Oskaloosa, and Chariton among others at the meet. Pleasantville and Moravia, who didn’t score as a team, were the only other small schools at the meet.
Mount Ayr has a light week of meet play this week, as they hosted Southwest Valley on Tuesday, April 23. Next up for Mount Ayr will be the 2024 Pride of Iowa Conference track and field meet on Wednesday, May 1 at Bedford.
Olivia Huntington placed 8th with a score of 104, having shaved four strokes off her first nine-hole score of 54. Kamryn Willis added another Mount Ayr top-20 finish by placing 17th with a score of 111 including a drop in score from 57 on the first nine to 54 on the second nine.
Other Mount Ayr scores were Izzy Gilbertson 112, and Alana Doolittle 117.
MoHawk Golf Invitational
Team Scores (First 9/Second 9/Total Score): 1. Mount Ayr 197-204 403, 2. Ottumwa 202-207 412, 3. Centerville 207-209 416, 4. Pleasantville 216-213 429, 5. Albia 221-213 434, 6. Davis County 213-221 438, 7. Oskaloosa 225-229 455, 8. Chariton 238-221 459.
Medalist: Jaylee Shaffer (Mount Ayr) 33-43 76.
Runner-Up Medalist: Matty Kovacevich (Centerville) 47-42 89.
Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (403): 1. Jaylee Shaffer 33-43 76, 8. Olivia Huntington 54-50 104, 17. Kamryn Willis 57-54 111, 23. Izzy Gilbertson 53-59 112, 34. Alana Doolittle 60-57 117.
Raiderettes win home golf meet, Shaffer medalist
Led by meet medalist Jaylee Shaffer, the Mount Ayr girl’s golf team won their home triangular meet last week on Monday, April 15.
There, Shaffer scored a two-over par for the course with a score of 37 to lead Mount Ayr. The Raiderettes shot a team-low score of 195 points to beat Wayne and Melcher-Dallas.
Shaffer had a par on the first two holes and shot one-under par on hole three. She added par on hole four and shot one-over on hole five. Shaffer had par for holes six and seven and then shot one over par on the final two holes.
Other Mount Ayr scores were Kamryn Willis 51, Alana Doolittle 53, Olivia Huntington 54, and Izzy Gilbertson 65.
Peyton Rhoades from Wayne was the runner-up medalist with a score of 48 and Ashlyn Metz led Melcher-Dallas with a score of 71.
Team Scores: 1. Mount Ayr 195, 2. Wayne 238. No Team Score: Melcher-Dallas.
Medalist: Jaylee Shaffer (Mount Ayr) 37
Runner-Up Medalist: Peyton Rhoades (Wayne) 48
Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (195): 1. Jaylee Shaffer 37, 3. Kamryn Willis 51, 4. Alana Doolittle 53, 5. Olivia Huntington 54, 9. Izzy Gilbertson 65.
